Hi Adam, I have 2 of these and I agree with you 100%. The 2 orange seat belt guides at the side make it difficult for the children to unbuckle themselves. It would be useful if the sliders would lock in both positions. I’m going to just use them for vacations and keep to traditional boosters for the day to day stuff.

My husband and I just bought these for our kids and just received them in the mail last week. The lap belt sliders lock both directions on ours and you have to pull the adjuster tab to slide them in or out, so perhaps they already improved on them.
I think if they keep the folding aspect they should install a sort of lock that keeps it from folding once you open it up, maybe they would make it better…

it is a parent’s responsibility to buckle their children. It is not the children’s responsibility to buckle themselves. It is specifically specified in the video that ages for all the way to 12 year olds are the children they’re supposed to use these seats. The inventor did a great job with this new idea that he keep up with. but, I do see some points of your view as a parent have your own children. Maybe he could have given it another name, but I agree with the booster part it doesn’t boost up the child that actually keeps him or her at the same level now. you probably realize it wasn’t my fault because the item faults and opens up. So therefore common sense is why one of the reasons he calls it my fault. Another thing that you’ve mentioned in your comments during the video, is that the locking mechanism you don’t like. It’s for your children’s safety the reason why they do that. I am for the children all the way and I will do whatever it takes to keep them safe even if it means for a mechanism like the one that you’re holding your hand in his video being locked, so be it. I rather the child be safe then my child flying out the window at some point. Keep in mind that there are a lot of crazy drivers out in this universe now days. it’s best that your children are safe rather than regret it later. Other than that, it really was good.